ABB’s automation and electrification systems help create an environmentally friendly, reliable and efficient operation ABB, the leading power and automation group, has won an order for the electrification and automation system of a new bioboiler and turbine, including fuel management,…

Urban Eriksson is to be the new CEO of Södra Interiör. He will be leaving his position as President of Södra Skog and Director of Forestry at Södra.At the same time Håkan Svensson, current CEO of Södra Interiör, will be…

The world’s fastest running paper machine with a single shoe press, PM18, achieved a new speed record on August 9th 2011, producing 1620 metres of paper/minute. Ružomberok, Slovakia, August 23rd 2011 – Since the start-up of PM18 eight years ago,…

International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from SCA Hygiene Products GmbH to supply equipment for the expansion of the deinking plant for paper machine no. 4 at its Ortmann mill, Austria. Start-up is scheduled for June 2012. The…

The large water cannons are leaving Södra Cell Mönsterås following the fire which broke out on the chip conveyor last Friday. The cannons started to roll out on from the site on Thursday evening (18 August), and the remainder will…

SCA has invested £15 million in new state-of-the-art equipment at its Tyne Valley production site. The move will inject vital funding into the local economy while securing jobs and creating new employment. The £15 million has been used to fund…

"We will be concluding the formal rescue work during the afternoon," said Ingemar Idh, who has headed up the rescue and fire-fighting operations. At its peak, some 50 people from 10 rescue services took part in helping to put out…

Metso will supply its modern Metso IQ control quality system to Stora Enso Heinola’s Fluting Mill. Metso was chosen for its’ single source expertise in automation and instrumentation coupled with its’ stock preparation, paper machine and paper finishing technologies. The…

On the 15th of August this year KPM celebrates their 10 year anniversary. The company was established in 2001 by founders with long and substantial industrial experience. The head office is located in Kajaani, Finland. In 2008 KPM was acquired…

The KU 1 pulp drying machine in Stora Enso's Kaukopää plant in Imatra is being upgraded, with the aim of improving the fibre balance in the production of the Imatra plant. The productive capacity of the drying machine will be…

The project aims to keep Mondi’s Syktyvkar forestry operations in the leading position in the Russian forest industry August 17, 2011 - Last month Mondi Syktyvkar launched the large-scale Forest of the Future project to further strengthen its forestry operations.…

Stainless steel pipes can be manufactured in either welded or seamless form. The decision as to which manufacturing process should be used for a particular purpose depends mainly on the wall thickness/diameter ratio required and on the specified pipe tolerances.…

Kersti Strandqvist, senior vice president of sustainability at SCA, believes that four important trends will drive consumer behavior in the future – rapid population growth, technological advances, social development and limited natural resources. “For SCA, it’s a matter of developing…

Last Friday, a fire broke out in a chip conveyor at the pulp mill in Mönsterås. The cause of the fire is currently unknown. The prevailing wind caused the fire to spread rapidly to the three chip stacks at the…